Wolf King

The capital of St. Bridge, in the royal palace.

In the study of His Highness the Prince, the Minister of the Interior Hockley, who was sitting in the first position on the right hand side of the guest seat, was holding a thick folder and was reporting the affairs respectfully.

"Your Highness, the second reorganization of the National Defense Army has been completed. All the unqualified old, weak and remnant soldiers that have been eliminated will be incorporated into the production corps, and will be sent to the west to open up wasteland next month..."

If any country is in peace for a long time, the possibility of problems in the army is more than 99%, and St. Bridge is no exception.

And when someone tries to rectify the army, it will inevitably cause a more severe impact than the war-there is no other reason, the military expenditure is too fat!

Carlisle supported the eldest prince and subdued the old man, and then began to take over the army, and began to reorganize half a year before the first battle, that is, the year when the snow wolf clan came to visit.

The first major reorganization three years ago was not military expansion, but disarmament.

That's right...Prince Carlisle is actually disarming the Confederate Expeditionary Force when they are about to fight.

Why, because the water in the army at that time was so high that the sponge was not soaked in water, but the sponge was soaked in water. What Carlisle faced was not the problem of wringing out the water to use it, but first removing the sponge from the water Come……

When he was an empty prince, whether it was Carlisle or his good friend Tim Humphrey, they all thought that St. Bridge's army was claimed to be 50, so the heads were taken by the nobles' servants and slaves. , Handymen and servants who are used to make up the number, etc., no matter what, there must be 40.

Then, after Carlisle finally killed his brother and imprisoned his father and successfully ascended to power... he found out that if he could pull out 20, he would be considered a conscientious member of the Kingdom's army.

This is embarrassing.

When fighting with the Federation Expeditionary Force who crossed the sea in the first year, Carlisle was busy reorganizing the troops half a year in advance, pulling out available manpower from various local armed forces to piece together 20 national defense troops. Those guys who made war money sang the play down.

——If someone originally planned to just shoot a gun and go back to their hometown, but ended up destroying your country casually, then it would be a fart.

So when the troops were reorganized for the first time, St. Bridge's army was "disarmed" and "shrunk" from 50 conventional troops to 20.

The army has shrunk, and the money has also shrunk greatly. The guys who made trouble for Carlisle at that time made Carlisle very annoying.Coincidentally, something happened to the visiting group of the Snow Wolf Clan that year, so Carlisle didn't mention anything about the whole army. With this excuse, he packed up the biggest companies, including his cousin, Prince Hilbert, and sent them to the front line, so that his ears were clean Quite a lot.

Now, Prince Hilbert has been squatting on the front line for three years and can't come back. No one in the whole king dares to whisper in Carlisle's ear anymore. ):

One is to expel those guys in the National Defense Army who have been here for three years and haven't done anything, such as Chancellor Collins' grandson Roger, who hasn't even had a day's exercise and doesn't even have a concept of the topographical map of the front line.

When Hockley reported the officer elimination list with a straight face, Collins, who was also at the scene, was expressionless when he heard his grandson's name.

If you don't get out of the army, you have to go to the front line. This is Carlisle's bottom line.Although Collins became angry with embarrassment, he still couldn't bear his grandson after all.

Two, it is to remove the guards and thugs of noble officers at all levels from the official list-if they are all thug guards, it is okay, at least they have some force value, and they can still go to the battlefield. What is the trouble with the servants all using it to make up the numbers?

Well, this is also a disguised form to force some gilded nobles to get out of the army quickly... Without the guards and thugs, you dare to go to the front line, even if you just sleep in the safe zone behind, Carlisle admires you It's a man.

Three, it is to weed out the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled in a serious way.

First of all, except for a few civil servants, non-professional-level military personnel are not allowed to serve as officers, even the lowest-level non-commissioned officers; after three years of training, soldiers whose physical conditions still cannot meet the minimum requirements of the army must also be eliminated and unified into the production corps. Go west to open up wasteland.

The territory of St. Bridge is not large, but the population is far from the upper limit of the environmental carrying capacity (at a lower level of productivity). Except for a few large cities, most of the territory is undeveloped. A good place for war veterans to shine.

After going to these places, no matter who these waste snacks are, they can only eat under the hands of His Royal Highness, and have dedicated their lives to His Royal Highness... Cough cough.

While listening to Hockley's report, Carlisle looked at the reactions of the other ministers calmly.

The Minister of Military Affairs was extremely opposed to the second reorganization of the National Defense Army. During the first large-scale disarmament, his property shrank by half. Immediately after Carlisle made the news, he showed an extremely fierce confrontational attitude, and all kinds of remarks that sounded righteous and mature and upholding the country smashed a basket.

So Carlisle pretended to casually mention whether Claude could be allowed to enter the Ministry... The Minister of Military Affairs immediately became honest.

What is the concept of transferring from the head of the bodyguard to the military department? !

The concept of someone waiting to take his place at any time!

That's right, the idiot Claudine is a waste holding his son Dan's thigh, but His Royal Highness trusts him!

Money is important, but if you lose your status, you will never be able to keep how much money you have... This guy is very clear about it.

The chancellor of the exchequer, Collins, had resentment about his grandson, but he had intuitively approved the appropriation of the money for military supplies and had no right to touch it—no king would be willing to let the financial steward get his hands on the army—the whole process was just a show of face, not a word. A word.

The other ministers, even the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Military Affairs did not speak, they have a fart position to speak.

Carlisle looked indifferent, clasped his hands in front of him, and the old god was listening to the report attentively.

Yumi's father, Earl Hockley, to be honest, Carlisle actually doesn't like him very much-lack of courage, small nose and small eyes in doing things, even worse than his daughter Yumi.

But such a person is not without advantages. For example, he is very obedient, let him go east instead of west...and offend the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Military Affairs at the same time. The scalp went to work.

"Even a pair of underpants can be used in the right place. Although the teacher's words are rude, they really make sense." Carlisle with a calm face thought about this thought rudely...

I don't know how Earl Hockley, who was regarded as underpants, would feel if he knew what His Royal Highness was thinking.

The report on the results of the second reorganization of the National Defense Army was completed. Carlisle first thanked Earl Hockley for his hard work, and then humbly asked other ministers if they had different opinions.

Ministers: "..."

The children are all born, and the mother is breastfeeding, and you still pretend to ask if we agree to this marriage! !

But this is His Royal Highness expressing his attitude of "accepting advice". No matter how bad the ministers are, they have to give face to cooperate with the performance...

Carlisle didn't have so much drama when it came to business with his own people.

Still in the study room, the four friends Dan Crowdy, Darren, Tim, and Yumi who rushed back from the front line gathered together, staring at a strange roll of film on the desktop seriously.

"Plastic film." Carlisle pointed to the roll of film, "The new product of the Fire Ministry, court gardeners have tried it, bamboo and this film are covered to form a shed, which is light-transmitting and heat-retaining. Even in this weather, crops can Normal germination."

"Doesn't it mean that this thing can replace a glass greenhouse?" Tim picked up the roll of plastic film in surprise, unfolded it to see the light transmittance.

The Alchemist Association has a great demand for alchemy herbs, and each association branch has to build its own glass greenhouse to ensure the supply of herbs; they are the chemists and plant/biologists of this world, although they are not as good as druids, but It has its own expertise in herbal cultivation.

"Yes." Carlisle couldn't help laughing, "For a plastic greenhouse and a glass greenhouse with the same area, the cost of the former is one percent of the latter."

"Hiss—" The four friends gasped in unison, and even Yumi, the female high school husky, was shocked...

The so-called young girl is qualified to spend money like running water. When she becomes a big girl, she can dig and search for a cup of milk tea... Ahem, spending other people's (parents and elders) money is not the same as spending your own money. Follow Carlisle After starting a career, Yumi, who has an economical concept, no longer buys that kind of expensive skirts, and naturally knows the concept of reducing costs by 99%.

"Such a good thing is so cheap?" Dan stroked the plastic film with his hands in surprise, his movements were very gentle and loving.

The reason is the same as Yumi. When you start to be "head of the house", your perception of cheap and high-quality things is different.

Carlisle glanced at Dan, then threw out a small notebook and threw it in front of him: "This is a gift from the teacher, "Sweet Potato Leaf Field Management Manual". Planting green leafy vegetables on the front line will also reduce the logistics pressure."

Dan froze when he touched the plastic film.

Carlisle ignored him, and glanced at the faces of Darren and Yumi: "Which one of you is willing to lead the production corps to open up the wasteland in the west?"

Yumi immediately tensed up, and said vigilantly, "Isn't my father...Earl Hockley taking care of this?"

Carlisle said blankly, "Do you think Earl Hockley is a gentleman who can leave the capital, go to the wilderness of the west, and endure eating and living with the production corps?"

Yumi: "..."

Even though it's her father, she can't say such nonsense with her eyes closed...

"Or is there a more suitable candidate in the capital, such as Master Jerome of the Collins family?" Carlisle spread his hands with a sarcasm.

Now Yumi couldn't hide the look of disgust on Yumi's face... Her father, Earl Hockley, tried to connect her with Jerome and marry their family to the Collins family, so Yumi was so angry that she and her father were on the spot Turning face - she can like that trash who doesn't know how to be stupid, who is a little boy and whose appearance is not up to standard?

Darren is quite eager to try it out. He is not a high-born. Although he hugged Carlisle's thigh and raised his position, he is always regarded as a bumpkin nouveau riche in the capital; others want to please His Royal Highness, and they are willing to spend money to buy Dan's father I don't pay attention to him... It's very wronged.

In short, Darren is very excited to go out of the capital to do some business.

But, anyway, he is Carlisle's little friend, has a certain vision, and Darren's IQ is relatively high, so he also knows that this matter is not because he, an unrecognized person, can take the lead Yes, so he put his expectant eyes on Yumi.

"Why do you look at me like that? My preference for muscular men is only the type of Dahe." Yumi felt uncomfortable when he looked at him.

Darren: "..."

Carlisle saw what Darren meant, and said without emotion, "That's fine, you two go together, Yumi is the Earl's daughter and can hold her own, so if you have anything to do, please listen to Darren's opinion."

"Wait?!" Yumi was startled.

Carlisle couldn't refuse: "Don't refuse, this matter is settled, after Earl Hockley 'retires', I will help you fight for the right to inherit the title and make you a countess too. Don't you envy Cronin's countess? La Philippe? Although there is no earl for you, the earl of the capital is not bad."

Yumi collected herself and looked at Darren with piercing eyes: "It's up to you, Darren."

"You are a bit capable of doing things yourself!" Carlisle was furious.

"Fuck me, my father didn't put me in the line of succession at all." Yumi Xianyu was confident, "You said it yourself, the earl's daughter is good, I just need to appear on the stage brightly, Wouldn't it be nice to hold the scene for Darren?"

Darren didn't say anything, but gave Carlisle a reassuring look.

It's not like Yumi can't do things, she just needs to be forced, pressured, or vanity motivated to contribute... When Carlisle left her and Dan to sit in the country, this woman just wanted to let the ladies of the capital It is only with the mentality of bowing your head and kneeling that you can do things with all your energy.

Now, everyone knows that she is one of Carlisle's "harem group", and she is always a smiley face wherever she goes, so she takes it for granted.

After finishing the three friends, Carlisle smiled when he looked at Tim.

Tim was still staring at the roll of plastic film in his hand, with a thoughtful expression on his face—he is indeed a good friend of His Royal Highness who has a heart-to-heart connection!

Meeting Carlisle's gaze, Tim also smiled: "Carlisle, how much of this kind of plastic film did Teacher Ayun give us?"

"Half a standard cabin." Carlisle said.

St. Bridge's sea-going ships can't compare with Lamia's thousand-ton displacement large ships, but standard cargo ships can still have a displacement of several hundred tons; no matter how backward the shipbuilding technology is, the load capacity of a ship will not be lower than the displacement half of.

After hearing this, Tim laughed like a flower...

"What charades are you playing again?" Yumi, who couldn't understand, was immediately upset.

"This kind of plastic film is very light." Tim explained with a smile, "If it is built into a greenhouse, a greenhouse will not cost much. The plastic film of half a standard cabin is enough to supply domestic consumption."

"Fuyu... oh! That's what happened." Yumi understood.

"Wait?! What the hell are you talking about??" Dan was confused.

"This kind of plastic film can allow crops to grow in winter and extend the farming season." Darren couldn't stand it, and explained to Dan.

"So?" Dan was still confused.

Several other people: "..."

"This kind of idiot can only go to the front line." Yumi stood up blankly, "Let's go Darren, let's go see the chief officers of the production corps."

"it is good."

"I have to go back and change my clothes first. Those guys always recognize people by their clothes. Don't dress so plain, go and put on your dress."

Tim & Carlisle waved their hands at the two who left first, and talked about which country to cooperate with first, whether to give priority to Holmes or Yajialan, which is more valuable...

"Hey! Are you isolating me!" Dan was aggrieved.

The court lady who stood quietly by the side serving tea looked at Dan Crowdy who seemed to be trying to show off her cuteness with a complicated face...

Even... even she understands it - the sharp weapon to extend the farming season, if you miss a little bit with any kingdom, then there will be one more "all-weather strategic partner" that His Royal Highness often talks about.

The teacher of His Highness the Prince shouted the slogan of the great unity of the grassland people on the northern grassland, and His Highness the Prince also unfurled the banner of the Great Unity of the People of the Southern Kingdom in the south; it's just that the relationship between the human kingdoms is intricate and different from that on the grassland, so His Highness the Prince I have been thinking about how to deepen the strategic alliance between countries. The appearance of this plastic film, which is countless times more economical than a glass greenhouse, is like manna from heaven... so this Claudine Knight just can't understand? !

Valentine, Robbins knight leader.

No matter how small the land that Isaac entrusted was, at any rate it was more than 20 square kilometers. The construction of the first district, second district and third district project plus the repair of a pier only took up one-fifth of such a large land, leaving a large piece of wasteland.

It's not a problem to leave the land idle. After the teacher sent two tons of plastic film (NN times less than Carlisle's) as a trial product, Isaac spent a little money to hire a batch of plastic film during the winter slack season. Farmers and peasant women set aside a piece of land to build dozens of greenhouses, pick soil to prepare the land, and sow vegetable seeds.

When a group of Tiger Clan approached the door dubiously, Isaac was smiling and inspecting the greenhouse where the green leafy vegetables were growing well...

St. Bridge’s winter can snow for at most ten days and half a month, but Valentine’s winter is not so polite; the only advantage here is that it’s not as cold as on the prairie, and the heavy snow can collapse the house...

The translucent greenhouse is covered with snow, and the crops in the greenhouse are growing vigorously and verdant. Such a spectacular contrast, not to mention the rare Valentine citizens who came to see the rare Valentine, and the local farmers who pick up the loess and sow the vegetable seeds. .

Hearing the arrival of the "guest" from the Tiger Clan, Isaac quickly stopped being silly and ran back to the Knight's Mansion to meet the guest.

On the way, he was stopped by citizens who came from Valentine to watch the excitement, and asked if the green leafy vegetables were for sale... Isaac grabbed Edward and threw it over, and let him deal with it.

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The Tiger Clan, whose entire people are soldiers and whose youths can fight against the sky as soon as they grow up, does have a considerable advantage in terms of physique; except for the tauren who are suspected of not being fully evolved (uh...), there is really no other race that can compare with them in size.

With such a strong body and a natural affinity for wind elemental magic, it's no wonder that these guys have been so miserable after falling from the altar... God is not jealous, everyone must be jealous!

When Isaac looked at the Tiger Clan, the Tiger Clan looked at him too.

Yale was the leader of this group of Tiger Clan warriors who appeared on the knight's collar.

He left the veteran Harry in the unbounded jungle, and led two tents (24 fighters + two account holders) of warriors to rush through the forest under the leadership of the human spellcaster and enter the Bolton Territory of the Kingdom of Cronin.

Then the human mage handed them over to the human race of Bolton Territory, then patted their butts and left, and the human race of Bolton Territory transferred them to Valentine.

Coming all the way, the human race encountered on the way found that they were a group of tiger warriors, and they all avoided them far away.

In this regard, Yale and the others are not incomprehensible. When the Tiger Clan royal court dealt with the caravans of Lamia, those human caravans were not even willing to enter the territory of the Tiger Clan.

But after entering Valentine, the situation is a bit wrong-although the human race encountered on the road will avoid them, they don’t run away immediately, but point to them from a distance, very eager to try Going forward to strike up a conversation but not too daring.

Entering the knight's collar, from the gate of the first district to the knight's mansion, everything that Yale and others encountered made them extremely confused... The human race here not only did not avoid them, but even flocked towards them with great interest. Jumping and shouting some incomprehensible words? !

If it weren't for the Bolton collar humans who sent them here to keep dispersing the crowd, they might still be stuck in the street right now...

Finally seeing the human agent who planted the battle tree for the snow werewolf in exchange for food, Yale looked at the human knight up and down, and was a little... puzzled.

Without it, compared to those strong humans who appeared in the royal court of the Tiger Clan, this human knight is weak no matter what...

"Why would the Snow Wolf clan choose such a human race as their agent? Don't they only trust the strong?" Yale, whose knowledge of the Snow Wolf clan was still based on word of mouth from his elders, was very puzzled.

Yale thinks Isaac is weak, and Isaac thinks Yale & the other Tiger Clan fighters are too awesome... I don't dare to get too close, I sit down far away, and I force myself to be polite. Smile.

He couldn't help but not to be discouraged, but he had heard Yu himself say that Yu, the strongest warrior of the Snow Wolf Clan, was only capable of fighting the Tiger Clan without falling behind, and he couldn't win - the upper limit of the Snow Wolf Clan was equal to the standard level of the Tiger Clan , the gap is huge~!

"I'm Isaac Robbins, what should I call you?"

"Yale." Yale succinctly.

Isaac nodded and continued to smile: "Ayun, the sage of the snow wolf tribe, entrusted me to make a deal with the noble tribe, exchanging food and materials for the stems and leaves of the fruit of the battle tree. That is, one ton of grain is exchanged for one ton of combat tree fruit stems and leaves, do you know if your tribe agrees with this ratio?"

Yale's pupils shrunk.

The 26 Tiger Clan warriors standing behind Yale were shocked.

On the grassland, the battle tree is a kind of monster-like plant that is not too common and not too rare (the seeds of the battle tree first flowed from the demon world). Pick a fruit and go back to eat, the treatment is similar to that of wild fruit trees and raspberries on the roadside...

How can this kind of thing be exchanged for food of equal weight? !

Yale himself was not sure, so he turned to look at the two accountants, hoping to get advice.

The two account holders were even more confused than him.

Yale was silent for a while, and asked cautiously: "You mean...one ton of food, one ton of battle trees?"

After Isaac threw out the trading ratio, he felt that the pressure was much lighter, and the invisible deterrence that was eyeing tigers disappeared out of thin air; seeing Yale's unbelievable look and asking for reconfirmation, he quickly said: "Yes, this is Mr. Ayun The desired transaction ratio is more convenient for both of us." It is convenient to settle accounts.

Yale exhaled lightly, and unconsciously shook the hands on his knees.

Battle trees are not delicate crops, even if they are stepped on by warriors, they can survive.

Let Yale lead his tribe to grow food by himself. He doesn't have much confidence that he can feed all his tribe in the unbounded dense forest where he is unfamiliar.With such an easy-to-survive battle tree in exchange for food, the pressure on Yale's shoulders will be much less!

Yale breathed a sigh of relief, and Isaac also had the urge to wipe his sweat.

He was afraid that the Tiger Clan would negotiate the price, because the teacher asked him to exchange one to two tons of grain for one ton of fighting trees, and the price could not be higher than this; before meeting the Tiger Clan, he was full of confidence and felt that there would be no problem , Seeing this gang of killing gods with his own eyes, Isaac knew how painful this request is...

As for whether Teacher Ayun will lose money at this price...that is absolutely impossible.

Not to mention the fact that a few people can grow a murderous tree like a murderous tree, just that one ton of fighting trees can produce as many as ten tons of plastic products (alien version of plastic products, depending on the purpose, its composition is 80%~95% There is a large amount of cheap purple shellac in the forest of elves), Isaac can't figure out how the teacher will lose this business.